While positive and self-reflective, there were a few times when Wright seemed to be coming to grips with the fact that he might not ever return to form. “… self improvement is necessary,” he wrote, “but to focus on camparison [sic] of what used to be, what others can do or why you’re not good enough is detrimental to the now; negative emotion in your self [sic] will hinder improvement and happiness.

It was a tragic reality of severe head trauma. ”Remember, just a few short months ago, he was scoring perfect heats in maxed out conditions at the Fiji Pro,” wrote JP Currie a few months after Wright’s injury. “He was reported to be dominating at Pipe and widely touted as a potential winner of the Pipe Masters, not to mention a genuine World Title contender.